By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer Softball has always been a favorite spring sport for girls. With three teams filled up this year and the girls beginning to play, fans are starting to wonder how the girls will do this season. Varsity is hoping to beat last year’s record of 10-10. With a new assistant coach, and a growing amount of [...]

By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer In the past few years, girls’ lacrosse seems to be a growing sport here in Westford. With about 60 girls wanting to join this year, competition was tight.  With teams now chosen, this year’svaristy team seems much different than last year’s team. The team is younger, due to the graduation of many senior players last [...]

By: Kyle Auger Sports Editor The track team requires great personal commitment and is one of the most successful teams at WA, however they are often under-appreciated for their triumphs. This successful team is made up of talented individuals.  One of the most notable athletes is senior Brendan Sullivan, who has been tearing through both WA school records and Massachusetts [...]

By Kathleen McAleese Staff Writer Brian Poon, a Westford Academy swimming superstar, is one of the most well known freshman athletes at WA. The winter sports have now come to a close and Poon has been presented with the Westford Academy Most Valuable Swimmer Award at the winter sports banquet, held on March 13th. He was in Wisconsin for a [...]

Alexander Lee Editor-in-Chief After thirty-four successful years of coaching basketball at Westford Academy, Ed Scollan is retiring as coach following this season. The twenty-six time Varsity and eight time Subvarsity coach decided to retire because he “wants to try out new things in life.” He said, “I want to take the energy I’ve had for coaching and use it elsewhere.” [...]

By: Kyle Auger Sports Editor She swirls, hops, and then jogs into an impressive double handspring and then closing with a standing frontward tuck and sticking a perfect landing. The flash in maroon then trots into the corner of the mat and throws up her hands in triumph. The Westford Academy record books have been changing at an unprecedented pace, [...]

By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer The Westford Academy girl’s hockey team clinched their division this year with a big win over Concord Carlisle Wednesday February 8th with a final record of 16-2-2. They look forward to playing Saturday, March 3rd at home against Weymouth in the first round of the MIAA tournament. Alyssa Ware was one of the major parts [...]

By Lauren Cullen Staff Writer Despite the lack of snow this season, Westford Academy’s Alpine Ski Team team has a major win behind them, the Dual County League Championship Race, which was held on February 10th. This win came after a lot of hard work by the entire team, said Senior Captain Jessica Bishop. Along with one of her co-captains [...]

By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer The Westford Academy Varsity girls hockey team came out big with a 2-0 win against Concord-Carlisle Thursday night. The girls came out strong and kept the pressure through the whole game ending up on top. In the 1st period the puck was controlled mainly by Westford, keeping the play in their offensive zone for the [...]

The seasons have changed and winter sports are beginning to get in full swing here at Westford Academy. Included in the winter sports category are swimming, basketball, indoor track, Alpine skiing, gymnastics, Nordic skiing, wrestling, winter cheer and ice hockey. This winter season is packed full of sports. Some coaches have been coaching their sport for a number of years, [...]

By Sameer Kini Sports Editor For Acton-Boxborough runningback Kyle Sweeney, this was a game to remember. Carrying for all three of AB’s touchdowns, Sweeney led the Colonials to 14 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Grey Ghosts in a down to the wire matchup. The game started looking like a defensive showdown, with AB deferring the opening [...]

By Moonrose Cheng Staff Writer As the football teams leave the field, the crowd cheers. A large band with shiny, fancy instruments enter. Alongside the WA Marching Band comes a smaller group of eleven girls with large flags and sparkling batons. Who are they exactly? Some people call them the flag twirlers. But they have a much more specific name; [...]